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And then you can add that to your family's story. it makes them all seem like real people. in th ine the did you know that segment tonight. how does a lady fighter pilot go from that fascinating job to a national reporting position at fox news? first the facts. leah gabriel graduated as a naval officer, spent 12 years flying fa 18 hornets, supporting combat operations in iraq as well as gathering intelligence. she left the service and there she is a national correspondent. let's take it step by step. annapolis is no easy thing, right? >> i wouldn't say it's an easy play to go. >> do they c...

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And why do you think it is that the pentagon is so resistant to changing and reforming the way sexual abuse -- sexual assaults are handled in the military? >> exactly the same thing happens in universities in america as happens in the military. because presidents of universities and colleges and commanding officers don't want to admit that under their lead areship sexual abuse is taking place. so rapists prevail because they know they are not going to be reported. a couple of years ago i think in 2012, the last data i have, there were 26,000 cases of sexual abuse. only about 3,000 were ever re...

And that push for reform has gained some real traction. two high profile sexual assault cases unravelled, renewing concerns that the military cannot police its own. a mid shipmen was found not guilty of sexual assault while a brigadier general was fined and spared any jail time, despite admissions of several violations of military rules including adultery, relationships with subordinates, disobeying a commander's order and misusing a government credit card to trips to see the woman in question. the case was only the third time an army general of that sort has faced a court-martial in 60 years....

A mid shipmen was found not guilty of sexual assault while a brigadier general was fined and spared any jail time, despite admissions of several violations of military rules including adultery, relationships with subordinates, disobeying a commander's order and misusing a government credit card to trips to see the woman in question. the case was only the third time an army general of that sort has faced a court-martial in 60 years. while that kind of enforcement may be rare, the crimes against female service members are not. over 26,000 service members say they experienced unwanted sexual cont...